Electric battery.



F. A. DECKER.

y ELECTRIC BATTERY APPLIOATION I'LED JUNE 20, 1907, RENBWBD NOV. 11| 1909.

Patented May 10, 1910.

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PRANK A. DECKER, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNon To DECKER EnEcraient MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or wrm/[maren DELAWARE, A coaPonA- TIN 0F DELAWARE.

ELECTRIC BATTERY.

vispecimen@ of Letters Patent. Patented May 10, 1910.

Application led June 20, 1907, Serial No. 379,835. Renewedl November 11, V1909. Serial No. 527,570.

To all whom it may concern:

I le it known that I, FRANK A. DECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements -in Electric Batteries, of' which the following is a specification.

This invention ina battery having improved mechanism by which Huid connections, disconnections and ychanges can be made with facility, the mechanism comprising conduit couplings' providing revoluble, self-adjusting and fluid proof joints.

1n the preferred' form of the invention, the cells are mounted to reciprocatel vertically in relation to a fluid supply tank to which vthey are coupled and uncoupled for the purpose of irrigation or changing the iiuid from one` to the other and the tank is provided with a revoluble conduit for filling and emptying it.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a battery embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the connections betweenjthe cells and tank and the connection of the pump with the tank, and Fig. 3 is a plan view ofa coupling.

In the drawings are shown a stand or frame 1, a tank 2 adapted to be moved into and out of the frame, and the cells 3 supported by the crate or casing 4, the casing and cells being carried by the stand above thev the standards. By elevating and lowering the levers, the casing and cells are elevated and lowered, and by throwing the levers past the vertical position, against the pins 10 in the ends of the casing, the casing and cells will be hel-dV in the elevated position, when the tank can be removed or replaced conveniently.

The conduits 1l, which connect the cells, have connected thereto the nipples 12, with threads 12a for making the connections.,l

flanges 12b for providin bearings with the conduits, and tapered ends 12c for securing a wedging engagement with a correspondingly formed seat.

Apertures 13 in the top of the tank are surrounded by the hollow bosses or boxes 14 the cap.

having the internal Hanges 14il at their bot toms and the external tapered flanges or cams 14b at their tops. Tubes 15, extending through the apertures into the tank, have top flanges 15a which engage the f1anges'14 and tapered seats 15b which receive the tapered nipple ends 12C. Rubber packing rings 16, having the recesses 16a for holding a lubricator, as graphite, surround the nipples 12 within'the bosses or boxes 14. Caps 17 cover the bosses and compress and' hold the packings in place, the caps having the apertures 17a for the nipples, and the clips 17'L7 for engaging the cams or tapered flanges 14h.

It will be understood thatA when lifted the Abattery cells are withdrawn from their'frictional engagement with the tank and on lowering the cells the engagement is made and maintained by the weight of the battery.

, .Apertures 8, in the top of the tank onv either side of the partition 19, are surrounded-by a hollow boss or box 20 fixed to the top of the tank. Thisbox has the bottom 20a, with the tapered seat 20 passing therethrough, and the lexternalftop flanges 20c similar to the flanges 14". Anipple 21,.

having the tapered end.21a forming a wedging engagement with the seat 20h, is provided with a flange 21b and held in place by the engagement of the cap 22 with thel lian e, the cap having the clips 22a intel'-y locking with the cams 20'. Surrounding the nipple 21, within the boss or box 20,

is the rubber packing 23 having the recesses 23a for `holding a lubricator, the packing being pressed,` and held by the action of Air is forced through the nipple.- 21 and ythe apertures 18 to lift the battery liuids in the tank compartments 2a through the tubes 15,.the nipples 12 and the channels 11 into the cells; the air being supplied in any suitable manner as by a bulb 24 and a hose 24Et connected with the nipple 21.

Preferably the tubes 15 are loose, bein removable on removing the packings 16, an have a length regulated to permit the proper amount of solution for the battery to be lifted through them from the tank by fluid pressure communicated thereto.

The bottom of the tank may have a tube 25 connected therewith in rotatable relation `by a nipple 25a on the tube clamped by a cap 26 to a boss 27 on the tank; the nipple,

the 01ntbein trol Repassage; -1 1o be. elevated and' lowered to lfend'. emptyther'ethrugh, 'having Velveb' :te-.eenr- Hevng'deserihed v 5 .nipple and.' extendn intfo- Seidl tank, and

paging-with said nppleend extending ntef inggwiththe nteibr the'reofTeitank,having clipsengaglng seid-eems, e tubeeenmnnid tank, and -mechanism connected :with

and tank through the Operation ef said meehniern., and means for fencing uid 'ftom eeid'ftenk inte seid battery. t v

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FRANK A.) nlm-nnte.v Witnesses:

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